Country Life October 11 2017 is our lovely London number featuring dragon hunting, property in our capital, living with llamas and when opera meets politics plus Country Life International. Find out more:
INTERVIEW: How to make an impression The impressionist Rory Bremner talks to Tessa Waugh about the current crop of politicians
QUIZ: Here be dragons Can you find these emblems of the City? Try John Goodall’s quiz
THE GREAT STORM: Nine people share their stories of the dramatic night of the Great Storm of 1987 with Julie Harding
LLAMA KARMA: They’re not only enchanting, but useful, finds Kate Green
PICKLING: Simon Lester reveals how to pickle onions without tears
LONDON PROPERTY: Penny Churchill and Annunciata Elwes survey the market
LIVING NATIONAL TREASURE: The piano maker
FAVOURITE PAINTING: The art critic Richard Dorment chooses a youthful self-portrait by G. F. Watts
COMMENT: Where land meets sea Fiona Reynolds walks the north Norfolk coast
ARCHITECTURE: A regal prospect The Queen’s House, Greenwich, had a major revamp for its 400th anniversary. Harry Mount reports
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FOOD: Simpson’s is back. Emma Hughes inspects the menu
INTERIORS: Amelia Thorpe on colour from art
MADE IN BRITAIN: The upholstered furniture maker
DARTINGTON CRYSTAL: Julie Harding sees a sparkling future for Dartington
COOKING: Hamming it up Simon Hopkinson cooks ham
REEL LIFE: Entering the final frontier David Profumo fishes in Alaska
GARDENS: The gallery and garden work in harmony at London’s Serpentine Sackler, says Non Morris
ART & ANTIQUES: A new collection of vanity cases promised to the V&A charms Caroline Bugler
THE DIVA AND THE DICTATOR: Clive Aslet explores what happens when opera meets politics
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